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Topic History of: from Clifford t Ward to Joe Meek to Thunderclap newman
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andrew |
That thread inspired me to do one about Clifford T ward it is one of the longest on the site. I did wanted to know what cds to buy and people wanted to know more about him. |
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Bemuso |
...is responsible for This Pullover. A truly unbelievable track! All together now...
"This pullover, that you gave to me..." |
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Martin |
Blimey thats an old thread , I didnt know they were all still there!
I`m pretty sure Pete Townsend did all the arrangement on "Something in The Air", and even played drums on it.
"Where do you Go To My Lovely", there was little arrangement on , and I assume Peter Sarstetd(?), did it himself, I worked with him in 1997, and he was a lovely shy and indeed nervous guy. All the brothers in the family, I think, had hits.
I didnt google that, it was from memory. |
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pedro |
Does anyone know the name of the arranger of the original single records of Something in the Air and Where do you go to my Lovely?
mikemacca wrote:
The thread might get lost, so I thought about starting a new one !
Re: Thunderclap Newman
In 1969, Pete Townshend, The Who's guitarist, created the band Thunderclap Newman to play songs written by former Who roadie, drummer/singer John 'Speedy' Keen (miscredited as 'Keene' on the single's label). Townshend produced the single, arranged its strings, played its bass under the pseudonym Bijou Drains, and hired for it eccentric GPO engineer and jazz pianist Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman and 15-year-old Glaswegian Jimmy McCulloch.
Bijou drains indeed!
Back to your time with Joe Meek, JK. I think the trick was to make yourself seem easy and prepared to do anything to get a record contract, which of course, put you out of the running!
One of the truly appalling Meek productions was Jess Conrad's "Hurt me" |
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Martin K |
Ok, lets try and nail this thread down, as the English language does not make it easy!
Now, I believe that the first independent record companies, probably consisted of very skint music fans selling their wares , without backing, and probably had little motor homes a bit like in the Tom Hanks movie.
The word "Independent", in a typical English language mode, has now two meanings(at least), but in this forum, it is only correct to do the relevent ones.
1.An independent seller.
2.An artiste that has given a finger up to the industry, and declared I am going to do it my(our) way.
Its a hard one this, and impossible to pin down, lets just give it to UK records and chat about something else! |
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